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I'd say you're ok sleeping on the way there for a few hours so long as it doesn't interrupt your sleep pattern when you arrive (as that'll be interrupted enough as it is!).

We're the same as - by 9pm US time we're struggling as its 2am UK time and we've already done a full day's travelling. If I can get an hour or two's sleep on the way over, I find I can stay up a bit later on the first night - though I don't think we've ever made it past 10pm.

I do love the first morning though - there's something about POR at 5am that I love. It's a really peaceful time to sit outside round a pool sipping coffee as the sun comes up. That's when I love jetlag!

That's my favourite time of the whole holiday. Waking up at around 5am and taking a fresh stroll around the resort. Watching the whole place come to life as the sun rises always makes me feel like I have arrived in Florida.

I want to stay up as late as I can first night there well till I get all the adrenalin rush out of my system, then it will be a new day with lots of excitement. Can't believe I am there in 3 months time

That's my favourite time of the whole holiday. Waking up at around 5am and taking a fresh stroll around the resort. Watching the whole place come to life as the sun rises always makes me feel like I have arrived in Florida.

Travelling West is always the easiest. You gain 5 hours so its not that bad. We try to stay up as late as we can on the first night and as the flight is a day flight we do not sleep on the plane. We only make until about 9pm at the latest!! The next morning we are up at around 4 am though. Each day it gets easier.

The return flight is a completely different story. It's a night flight so you get a few hours sleep on the plane but as you are travelling East you basically miss a full night. We leave Florida at 7pm and arrive in the UK at 6am!

Good luck

We're exactly the same, we try to stay up till 9 but always wake up at 4/5 the next morning and wide awake too! Used that to our advantage last year as we had the early entry to Harry potter! Always feel like death coming back and again force ourselves to stay up till 9 o'clock ish! Fist time I went to Disney I slept for nearly 24 hours when we got back to uk!

Coming back, i rarely sleep on the plane - not through lack of trying, it just doesn't happen!

We always land at 7am(ish) and by the time we've got our cases, cleared customs etc, picked up the car, got home (via my parents' to pick up our dog and have a cuppa) it's normally around midday.

I'll unpack, put a wash on then go to bed. If u don't, I feel terrible all day.

I always set the alarm to just give myself 2 or 3 hours sleep and that just takes the edge off my tiredness for the rest of the day.

I'll then stay up until 11 - 11.30pm and then set the alarm for 8am the next morning. I find that gets me back into UK sleep patterns pretty quickly - although I can still feel some tiredness for up to a week after we get home!

Coming back, i rarely sleep on the plane - not through lack of trying, it just doesn't happen!

We always land at 7am(ish) and by the time we've got our cases, cleared customs etc, picked up the car, got home (via my parents' to pick up our dog and have a cuppa) it's normally around midday.

I'll unpack, put a wash on then go to bed. If u don't, I feel terrible all day.

I always set the alarm to just give myself 2 or 3 hours sleep and that just takes the edge off my tiredness for the rest of the day.

I'll then stay up until 11 - 11.30pm and then set the alarm for 8am the next morning. I find that gets me back into UK sleep patterns pretty quickly - although I can still feel some tiredness for up to a week after we get home!

I'm back at work the Monday after I come back I think so I cant be shattered as I operate machinery all day and take care of people. So think I might spend the weekend back sleeping

Our trip is all fully paid for including all of the tickets for every park (21 day Disney pass and 14 days Flexi Ticket).

We have now managed to get the mother in law to come along for the first 6 days of the holiday (yes I know but it's a baby sitter and someone to help us with the 2 kids on the 9 hours flight, so worth it!).

Anyway, we will be doing Disney for 5 days and Sea World for one day. What ticket should I get her?

The 5 day hopper Disney ticket is only £20 cheaper than a 14 day Disney ticket so doesn't really represent value for money for me. I was thinking of getting the 14 day ticket as when she leaves we can keep the ticket for the remaining 9 days and use it to get fast passes. As we travel in Sept the queues are quite small but never the less it may save 10 minutes here and there.

The other alternative is to pay on the day at Disney but this would work out more expensive!

We may park hop but I don't think a non park hop ticket is a deal breaker.